M-K Research and Knowledge Sharing Initiative

The Gataga River and Mayfield Lakes area is a pristine chunk of the great continental wilderness that once existed. As such, it offers excellent opportunities to study largely undisturbed wildlife populations, including moose, caribou, and small mammals. Terrestrial mammals, fish and aquatics, and plant communities remain largely as they were pre-contact.

Our Field Station, managed by a Field Station Advisory Council (FSAC), is located at Mayfield Lake. The site includes a pavilion and outdoor kitchen, a sauna and floating dock, and sleeping accommodations that include wall tents, a refurbished cache, teepee, and a fire shelter with sleeping spaces.

The Fraser Basin Council, in a Memorandum of Understanding with the Field Station Advisory Council, acts as a charitable flow-through for donations to the Field Station. Any donation in support of our Field Station will be eligible to receive a charitable receipt. If you are interested in supporting the activities of the Field Station, please contact Wayne Sawchuk .

In many cases research projects can benefit from hands-on support from citizen scientists, and we welcome guests who wish to assist qualified researchers. If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Wayne Sawchuk for more details.